How do you explain not losing weight?

I’ve lost a stone on my diet but over the last two weeks my weight loss has totally stalled.

I am a 5’6” woman who now weighs around 67kg and I’m eating 1000-1200 calories a day which should be sufficient for a 2 pound a week loss.

I don’t understand why it’s stopped for the last two weeks. My understanding of diet is very good. It’s not 1000-1200 calories but-frying-in-oil or with-the-odd-tbsp-of-peanut-butter. Has anyone else had this? Is two weeks a period of time I should worry about?

As I said, I’m sure my diet has been 1000-1200. There is probably some variation (I.e. when I meal prep for the week I measure into containers ‘by eye’ so the portions should on average be, say, 600 calories but Monday’s could be 500 and Tuesday’s 700 - but that should all come out in the wash) and I am 99% certain that over the two weeks my calories have been sub-1200 on average.

I don’t know what to do other than be more exact when I measure my food - but I don’t know what that would give me other than peace of mind, and I worry it would lead me to be obsessive (which has happened before).

(I weigh weekly).

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M-24-6'1 First time really trying to lose weight. goal: -80lbs SV

Hello r/Loseit ! this is both my first post and my first time really trying to lose weight as well. over the years I've fluctuated from 220lbs to 260lbs (current) but have been over 200lbs since I was 14. next summer my sister is going to get married, and I really want to look healthy for it, even if I don't get fit. I know that I probably won't lose 75lb in the next 8 some odd months, but I want to at least lose on average 1lb per week until then.

Right now I can really only get myself to do weightlifting in my basement as a form of exercise, as I bought some 300lbs of weights a few weeks ago, and seem to be using those almost every day. I don't have a bench or squat rack, nor the space for it at all, since I'm in a small space with 4 people. So I mostly do upper body weightlifting and try to do deadlifts and front squat and lunges for my leg workouts.

the main challenge that I foresee losing weight, is that I am not the one who purchases the food in the house. that is my mother. and she does not buy enough vegetables (I am also vegetarian) and buys too much pop/sugary drinks, and other sweets and junk food. I have a bit of a binge eating problem, so when things are there, I just eat it when I'm hungry. and all the high caloric dense foods, with low nutritional value, make me very hungry most of the time. I also don't really leave the house all that often. I am not working outside of the house, and I don't need to go anywhere. I try to get myself to go for walks/runs, but am unable to get myself to do so. I do also suffer from depression or some form of, and it makes me exhausted all throughout the days.

I have some fears as well, Diabetes runs on both sides of my family, and I sometimes already get tingles and numbness in my hands and feet, as well as other diabetic symptoms. so I do fear that I may be on that path as well.

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overall, I'm making this post, partially to make this commitment seem more real to me and to try and be accountable for it as well. My hope is to be able to make updates every Saturday, for the next year or so until I'm through with this weight loss journey.

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If people have some advice on how to try and get on a walk every day, or how to avoid unhealthy junk foods, I would appreciate that a lot. It's the main thing I have been, and know that I will continue to, struggle with.

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Current weight 261lbs, November 15, 2020.

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Just been told I (26F) am assumed positive for COVID-19, with a BMI of 40 - I am terrified for my life

Hey guys,

Long time lurker here. I have been working on my weight loss, but between finish my masters and being home all the time I could never get my shit quite together. Regardless, my husband (28M) has tested positive for COVID, and I have been told I am likely positive as well.

I am so enraged with myself for not losing weight ahead of time, and I am genuinely terrified for my life. This is a reminder to everyone to please wake up NOW, this stuff is serious and you do not want to feel what I am feeling.

I am starting today, I am going to take care of myself today - I just hope it isn't too late for me. Please do not make the same mistake, and start with me before you find yourself in my position.

I could really use some kind words and advice right now y'all, and thank you for letting me vent. Much love.

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A bunch of questions before I start my journey

Hi! I’m a 19M who is really obese (270, 5’9”) and I have to start losing weight before it’s too late. I don’t want to spend the “prime years” of my life overweight and miss out on social opportunities and adventures due to my size. The only problem is, I’m not exactly sure where to start.

My goal is to lose 100 lbs by next Christmas. It’s a steep but possible goal and I would love some advice from you wonderful folks here.

1) What should I do? Of course I am going to use mfp and keep a caloric deficit, 1500 a day or so. Is pure CICO enough? How much exercise should I throw in? Should I cut carbs too? Also, does intermittent fasting speed up the weight loss process if I’m already doing CICO?

2) Staying disciplined How do you guys stay disciplined after the motivation has run out? I’ve been on keto before (2 years ago) but I couldn’t stay strong and ended up eating no-no foods after a couple months or so. I lost 30 lbs but saw absolutely no physical changes and I didn’t feel healthier either. Starting the diet is easy, staying on it sucks for me, especially if I can’t see or feel progress.

3) Working out/muscle mass If I do CICO to burn fat, won’t that make my muscles shrink also? What workouts/dieting should I do to lose fat and keep/build muscle mass?

4 MFP accuracy When I use MyFitnessPal, I feel like I’m always miscounting calories. Even with an accurate food scale, I feel like I might now be entering the right amount of calories because I don’t know if the food I selected in the app has the same amount of calories as the one I’m eating, especially if it’s homemade. For example “1 cup stir fry” in the app is 420 calories, but the 1 cup of stir fry I’m eating could have much more or much less. How do you keep an accurate count?

Please help me answer these questions! Thank you all so much. I hope I can stick through this journey and have an amazing weight loss progress pics like all of you here who have inspired me to r/loseit!

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Back in the saddle, and needing advice. M/22/5’8

This is my third attempt at weight loss. I have been obese my entire life and unhappy with it the entire time.

My first attempt was late 2017, where I went from an unknown starting weight (somewhere around 280) down to 210-220 pounds. I gained it back and then some.

The second attempt occurred in March 2019 until the holidays. In that time I was able to go from 300 pounds down to 214 before stopping.

Nearly a year later I’m back up to 276 pounds almost at my highest of 300.

What are the most maintainable ways to lose weight? What can I do to make sure I am not going down this road a fourth time?

And any other advice or questions are welcomed.

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Menstrual Cycle Weight Loss Pattern - Let's share data!

Hello guys (well, probably mostly women),

Not looking for advice/a solution, but rather other personal stories and data.

For reference, I am 20F 5'6" SW:207lbs CW:145lbs GW: 130-135 window

Background info: (skip this if you wanna get to the point)

I started losing weight oct 2019 when I realized my weight was significantly impacting my quality of life. I had tried losing weight before by other methods, many unhealthy methods, but decided to calorie count because it seemed mathematical and that makes sense to me. I lost the majority of my weight in the first 4 months by calorie counting with no exercise. I also did not have a scale during this time, and just trusted the process and went by progress pictures and the way I felt. By march I was 155lbs, became more comfortable with myself in public and started working out (treadmill) at the gym when covid hit. I then became a runner and run everyday. This summer I was running 50 miles a week and decided to eat more to supplement this, didn't mind that this slowed my weight loss. A month ago I decided I wanted to resume my consistent weight loss and started paying attention to calories more, especially now that I am not running as much. I am around 145 pounds on a good day.

the point:

I retain water like a pro. I retain a lot of water. Since March I weigh myself everyday. Now that my initial exercise related water weight has subsided, I have noticed a trend in my weight loss that correlates with my period. It goes something like this if I am aiming to lose 1-2 pounds a week:

Week 1: period week, all my weight wooshes off. this can be 4-8 pounds + any period weight gain lost by the end of the week. I have my lowest weight here.

Week 2: hover within 3 pounds above my lowest weight

Week 3: hover within 3 pounds above my lowest weight

Week 4: hover within 3 pounds above lowest weight + a little extra period weight gain towards the end

It feels like I only get my lowest weight or lose weight one week every month. Every other week I seem to have some extent of water retention. I understand this is normal, I expect this trend, I eventually do lose the weight I should be losing all month, but it is rather frustrating. I love looking at other people's data so I thought I might ask here:

Do any of you seem to only lose weight during/ shortly after your period like me? If not, when do you? Please provide any and all info (which days you lose/gain/maintain, how many lbs you lose and when, etc.). I really just love feeling understood and reading data adds reassurance when i'm feeling gross.

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NSV: Learning the caloric content of most foods I eat.

I have been on CICO, no alcohol, low carb, walking, youtube workouts and resistance bands since July 30th. So far I've lost 13 pounds!

I used a TDEE calculator to figure out roughly how many calories I burn just by being alive, then I aim for eating about 300 to 500 below that. It's been working out really well.

I eat tons of veggies, salads, salmon, scallops, chicken/chicken/chicken (I love chicken!). Occasionally I will have a small scoop of mashed potatoes, but I'm really trying to limit the amount of carbs I eat.

In the beginning, I was looking EVERYTHING up on my phone. I don't have enough memory left on my phone to download a food-tracking app, so I just keep a food diary. I mostly use nutritionix.com to look up calories and nutritional info. It has a huge list of common foods.

So my NSV today is I realized that I didn't have to look up calories as I was writing in my food diary. I already had them memorized! I think this shows a lot of progress towards being educated about nutritional values and portion sizes.

I'm hope to lose about 13 more pounds, maybe less. I'm adding weights to my routine and may gain weight due to muscle.

Good luck to everyone out there! Hope everything is going well with your weight loss journey. 😊

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